Ghabou Surname
Approximately 87 people bear this surname
Ghabou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 41 | 1:468,098 | 12,501 |
| Senegal | 32 | 1:455,604 | 2,071 |
| Mauritania | 14 | 1:292,490 | 12,957 |
Ghabou (33) may also be a first name.
Ghabou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ghabou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ghabou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻗﺎﺑﻮ) is more commonly found in Niger than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ghabou? popularity and diffusion
Ghabou is the 2,007,164th most frequently used family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 83,764,896 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ghabou reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 53 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 1,807,719th most frequently occurring first name in the world, held by 33 people.
The last name Ghabou is most frequently used in Niger, where it is carried by 41 people, or 1 in 468,098. In Niger Ghabou is mostly found in: Tahoua Region, where 44 percent are found, Agadez Region, where 32 percent are found and Zinder Region, where 22 percent are found. Outside of Niger this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Senegal, where 37 percent are found and Mauritania, where 16 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ghabou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ghabou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻗﺎﺑﻮ | qabw | 54.55 |
| ﻏﺎﺑﻮ | ghabw | 36.36 |
| ﻗﺎﺏ | qab | 9.09 |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Ghabou
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